Mars - 'The University of Management'

by Claire Martinsen on Mon 18th Jan 2010 19:42

Saw a great article in one of the Sunday Financial sections a few weeks back about ‘the Men from Mars’, leading with Allan Leighton who has described his former company Mars as ‘The University of Management’. Full article below: ====================================================== OUT OF THIS WORLD – THE MEN FROM MARS The alumni of food giant Mars […]

07
Jan
2010

Menta Very Early Lunch Club......sharing some lessons from Big Business!

by Claire Martinsen on Thu 07th Jan 2010 12:49

I did my first ever Breakfast Meeting presentation just before Christmas – entitled ‘The Mother of All Decisions – lessons from Big Business that I’ve taken into Small Business’! I was speaking at the Very Early Lunch Club run by MENTA. The Lunch Club is actually SO early that it takes place from 7.30 – […]

05
Jan
2010

Happy New Year!

by Claire Martinsen on Tue 05th Jan 2010 06:57

January already – Happy New Year Greetings! It feels like a bit of a landmark – as I mentally change from thinking the Breckland Orchard was founded ‘this year’ to ‘last year’. We started up in March 2009, so not yet a year old! It’s been a real whirlwind of a year – establishing Breckland […]